Part 1:The Whys & Hows of Art

Subject & ThemeFoundation 1

Week 2 Vocabulary

Subject: What you see in an artwork.Theme: The idea or topic that the artist

expresses through his or her subject.Style: A similarity you see in a group of

artworks.Nonobjective: Art that shows line shape,

color, or form and suggests a mood or feeling, but has no recognizable subject.

Four General Style Categories: Fantasy, Realism, Expressionism, Abstraction

Week 2: Other Words To Know

ExpressionismRealismAbstractionFantasy

Chapter Objective

Questions To Be Thinking About:1. Why do people all over the world create art?2. How do artists make their work unique?

The Whys & Hows of Art

Read page 1 of Art, A Personal Journey.With a partner, in your sketch book,

answer the following questions:1. What is Art?2. What makes something a piece of art or an

artwork?3. Look at some of the objects in the book. Write

down the names of any objects that interest you (include the page #). Which objects do you consider art? Why?

4. Why do you consider certain objects not art?

Group Read

Read pages 2-3Look at Page 3:

◦Which of these do you consider art? Why?

America Huichol Indian

Beaded Jaguar Head

Japan Momoyama Period Tea Ceremony Ewer

Egypt Meir

Figure of Hippotamus

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Read pages 4-5 and answer the following in your sketchbook:1. What are the three broad categories that

most artworks belong to?

The Whys & Hows of Art

Read pages 4-5 and answer the following in your sketchbook:1. What are the three broad categories that

most artworks belong to? Practical, Cultural, Personal

2. In your notebook, write a 1-2 sentence definition that each of the categories.

3. Name and describe an object in your home or school that serves a practical function and could also be considered art.

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When the artist made this, do you think they intended for it to be a piece of artwork?

Why or why not?

North American IndianAcoma Polychrome Jar

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Read page 6 and answer the following:1. What are some common subjects for

artworks?

The Whys & Hows of Art

Read page 6 and answer the following:1. What are some common subjects for

artworks? People, living and nonliving things, elements of

a fantasy, historical events, places, everyday activities.

2. What is a nonobjective artwork?

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Read page 6 and answer the following:1. What are some common subjects for

artworks? People, living and nonliving things, elements of a

fantasy, historical events, places, everyday activities.

2. What is a nonobjective artwork? Art that shows line shape, color, or form and

suggests a mood or feeling, but has no recognizable subject.

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What is the subject of this artwork?

Would you consider this “nonobjective?” Why or why not?

What mood does this work suggest?

Henry Moore, Sheep Piece

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Read page 7 and answer the following:1. What are some common themes in art?

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Read page 7 and answer the following:1. What is are some common themes in art?

Work, play, religion, nature, general life, feelings such as sadness, love, anger, and peace.

Sketchbook #1: ◦In your sketchbook, pick one of the following

themes: Sadness, Love, Anger, or Peace. Draw a quick sketch of the theme and label it Sketchbook #1 at the top.

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What is the subject?

What is the theme?

Jaime WyethPortrait of Orca Bates

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What is the subject?

What is the theme?

Kathe Kollwitz Rest in the Peace of His Hands

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How are these two pieces similar?

Part 2:The Whys & Hows of Art

Styles of ArtFoundation 1

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Read pages 10-12 and answer the following:1. What is are three different ways artists can

develop a style?2. What are the four general style categories?3. How is realistic art different from fantasy art?

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Hold your hand like the sculpture to the right and answer the following:1. What emotion does

this hand seem to express?

2. How does the texture of the sculpture add to this feeling?

August RodinLarge Tense Hand

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Notice how Keith Haring abstracted his subject:◦Even though the

image is simplified, how can you still tell that it is a hand?

◦What theme do you believe Keith Haring is trying to promote?

Keith Haring Untitled (for Cy Twombly)

Sketchbook #2

Sketchbook #2: ◦In your sketchbook:

List the four general style categories Write 1-2 sentences describing each type of

general style category Draw an example of each in your sketchbook.